Series at a Glance

The 26-year-old allowed only a pinch-hit single to left by Jose Hernandez
and a seventh-inning one-out Jason Bay triple in eight innings. He struck out
four and walked one.

“Back-to-back games like that is pretty impressive,” San Diego manager
Bruce Bochy said. “He did a super job again. He was locating well, using all
his pitches. He feels good right now, and that’s obvious.

Young (5-3), who has been traded by the Pirates, Expos and Rangers in the
past 3 1-2 years, retired the first 10 batters he faced before a one-out walk
to Jose Bautista in the fourth. Each of the Pirates’ first 15 outs came via
strikeout, flyball or popup.

“We popped the ball in the air a lot,” Pirates manager Jim Tracy said.
“We couldn’t figure him out.

“Give credit where credit is due. The guy we faced today now has allowed no
runs and three hits in 16 innings pitched.”

Doumit left the game after the groundout with a strained left hamstring—
the same injury Doumit spent three weeks on the disabled list for earlier this
season. The Pirates said they will know more about his status on Monday, but
Tracy indicated he believed a trip to the disabled list appeared likely.

But that play was one of only two groundball outs against Young.

Young threw 91 pitches—62 for strikes—and faced only three batters above
the minimum in his eight innings. He induced Jeromy Burnitz to pop-up to foul
territory near third and Freddy Sanchez to fly out to right to get out of his
only jam after Bay tripled.

“He just had a real deceiving fastball he was throwing for strikes,” Bay
said. “He’s a big guy, which makes him a little different anyway. And it was
the first time we’ve seen him. We couldn’t figure him out.”

Santos allowed seven hits and one run in five innings while striking out
five for the Pirates, who went 7-3 on their homestand.

“We have been playing good ball,” Bautista said. “It was a tough loss
today, but if we go 7-3 the whole year on our homestands, we should be all
right.”

Notes

It was a rainy weekend in Pittsburgh. Friday and Saturday, the starting
times were pushed back by lengthy delays—Friday night’s 6-0 Padres win was
played with heavy showers throughout and ended after six innings. Although
Sunday’s game was not delayed at any point, light showers persisted during most
of the game. … San Diego remains one of four big league teams without a
no-hitter. The others are the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets and Tampa Bay
Devil Rays. … The Pirates have not been no-hit since Aug 14, 1971, by St.
Louis’ Bob Gibson. … Before Bay’s triple, the Pirates’ last three-base hit
was May 13.